ochristmas
tree
how to decorate the tree for (almost) free
by Yee-Fan Sun | 123456 7 8910continued from page 6.

Origami
"gift" ornament made from recycled magazine ad

To learn
more about the tree and to check out some of the decorations up
close, click on any box in the image at left.

Wrapping paper isn't the only
good source for making origami ornaments;

recycled magazine pages can
also be fine candidates for folding. The inflatable balloon, also known
as the water bomb (follow the directions
at wicked4kids.com, skipping the final water-filling step), was one of
the first origami shapes I ever learned to fold as a kid, and to this
day, it's the only one I can make from memory. It's a cute and very
cheap substitute for the traditional glass balls that fill out a
Christmas tree, and tied with a contrasting ribbon, it looks like a
holiday gift.